Author of new, non-partisan economic study explains the
push to get government out of health care.

The debate over health care legislation in our country right
now has reached a point where some feel the debate has been replaced with
partisan emotions. What are the facts about the cost and access to health care?

The Show Me Institute partnered with Arduin, Laffer and
Moore Econometrics to produce a non-partisan study of how the health care
legislation that is being debated in Congress would affect Missouri
specifically.

Donna Arduin, the author of the study and report, is this
week’s guest on “Missouri Viewpoints”. She is a partner with Arduin, Laffer and
Moore and has served as an economic advisor to four governors during her
career.

Arduin explains how the economic “wedge” is making health
care more expensive and harming the quality of health care. She says more
government involvement is not the answer and would actually drive the cost up
and push medical care out of reach. According to Arduin, “The debate should be
about ‘how can we bring the doctor/patient relationship back together?’”

Arduin addresses waste in our health care system and ways it
can be reduced. She also explains why she feels that the plan Congress is
debating, which would make government more responsible for managing and paying
for health care of Americans, would add thousands of dollars to the cost of
each person’s health care in Missouri.

Among the solutions offered by Arduin and the report
released by the Show Me Institute include replacing government-managed health
programs with vouchers for the low-income, reforming medical malpractice laws
to discourage “defensive medicine” and changing the tax code to encourage
personal health insurance ownership.

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